Thursday, June 21, 2012

How to Build a Six-Figure Business With Less Than $100

The $100 Startup
By Chris Guillibeau / Author of The $100 Startup

Over the past several years, I've been on a quest to study micro-businesses -- small operations (typically one person) that make $50,000 a year or more (often a lot more). The quest took me all over the world, at first to a large group of 1,500 "unexpected entrepreneurs" who volunteered to share their stories in detail.

I wanted to hear from all kinds of businesses -- both offline and online -- to decipher what made them so successful. How did they get started? What helped them grow into significant, reliable sources of income? How can you increase odds of success?

After much effort, a small team and I narrowed down the case studies to a subset of 70 that I focused on for final analysis. All 70 people had created freedom for themselves: new income and a completely new way of life. There are formulas.

Here is a highly-condensed list of 17 lessons learned…

READ THE FULL STORY HERE...

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